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ZeniMax swipes Rage rights from EA

ZeniMax Media has won the rights to publish Rage, the anticipated first-person shooter currently in development at id Software. The company, which parents both id and Fallout 3 publisher Bethesda, has revealed Electronic Arts will no longer be involved in the sales and marketing surrounding Rage’s release. Rage will now …

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id acquisition worth $105m+

Maryland-based media empire Zenimax media had raised $105 million in debt financing to facilitate the acquisition of landmark Texan developer id.

 That’s according to an SEC filing, found here.

 The public filing itself did not disclose the total amount Zenimax put forward to acquire id, and it’s not known if …

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Bethesda parent buys id Software

Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media has this afternoon made a surprise move and bought id Software. The creator of franchises such as Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein will now come under the firm’s ownership along with its upcoming game Rage. Bethesda will publish all of id’s games going forward – except for …

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Koch strikes Star Trek deal

Basingstoke-based Koch Media has announced a deal with ZeniMax Europe that will see it distribute both Bethesda’s Wii and PS2 title Star Trek: Conquest and Mud Duck’s Wii game AMF Bowling: Pinbusters. The deal includes rights to the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and the Netherlands. We are absolutely …

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